(8967) Calandra

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( 8967 ) Calandra is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on 13 May 1971 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery took place within the first Trojan survey, in which the 120 - cm Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory recorded by Tom Gehrels field plates at Leiden University were screened, eleven years after the beginning of the Palomar - Leiden Surveys.

The asteroid is part of the Eos family, a group of asteroids, which typically have semi-major axes from 2.95 to 3.1 AE, bounded on the inside of the Kirkwood gap in the 7:3 resonance with Jupiter, and orbital inclinations between 8 ° and 12 degrees. The group is named after the asteroid (221 ​​) Eos. It is believed that the family was created over one billion years ago by a collision. The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 8967 ) Calandra are almost identical with those of three smaller, if we start from the absolute brightness of 15.6, 15.3 and 16.4 compared with 13.0, Asteroids: ( 241572 ) 1995 OM13, ( 281668 ) 2008 VW46 and ( 326816 ) 2003 TY22.

( 8967 ) Calandra is named after the Corn Bunting, whose scientific name is miliaria calandra or synonymous Emberiza calandra is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, the Corn Bunting was on the Dutch Red List of Threatened Birds.